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Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.

Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.

By Brittany Allen | October 16, 2025

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Andrew Ervin Looks for Answers (to Impossible Questions) in Recent Books by Luke Kemp and Richard Mabey

By Andrew Ervin | October 3, 2025

The 10 Best Books on Permaculture

The 10 Best Books on Permaculture

With Recommendations From Experts David Holmgren, Claudia Joseph, and Tony Rollison

By Catherine Habgood | September 29, 2025

The Many Benefits of Composting, From Reducing Food Waste to Creating a Bovine Snack Bar

The Many Benefits of Composting, From Reducing Food Waste to Creating a Bovine Snack Bar

“My vocation as a writer and editor and my avocation as a gardener and composter go hand in hand.”

By Scott Russell Smith | September 18, 2025

Growing Your Wild Garden: On Nature As a Companion, Not a Competitor

Growing Your Wild Garden: On Nature As a Companion, Not a Competitor

Richard Mabey Considers the Relationship Between the Human and Natural Worlds

By Richard Mabey | July 15, 2025

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

The Author of “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children” in Conversation with Sandra Guzmán

By Sandra Guzmán | January 3, 2025

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Meet the writers who garden against time.

By Brittany Allen | July 18, 2024

Olivia Laing on the Care and Keeping of Gardens In an Era of Climate Emergency

By Olivia Laing | July 8, 2024

Why You Should Keep a Garden Journal (Even if You Don’t Have a Garden)

By Fiona Warnick | May 9, 2024

Read Smart on Gardens Past and Present

Read Smart on Gardens Past and Present

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

By Read Smart | April 22, 2024

Your spring equinox reading, sorted.

Your spring equinox reading, sorted.

By Emily Temple | March 19, 2024

The Real-Life Poetry of Gardening

The Real-Life Poetry of Gardening

Tess Taylor on the Ancient Genre of Garden Poems and the Connective Power of Working with Plants

By Tess Taylor | August 29, 2023

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

“What else to do with an excess of feelings but give yourself room to grow?”

By Natalie Beach | June 29, 2023

Digging Around in the Dirt: What Gardening Can Teach Writers

Digging Around in the Dirt: What Gardening Can Teach Writers

Catie Marron on Learning to Understand Soil

By Catie Marron | May 26, 2022

A Poetics of Risk: On Publishing My Debut Novel in My 60s

A Poetics of Risk: On Publishing My Debut Novel in My 60s

Lisa Russ Spaar Explores the Pleasures of Finding New Ground

By Lisa Russ Spaar | May 26, 2022

What Do Writing a Novel and Tending a Garden Have in Common?

What Do Writing a Novel and Tending a Garden Have in Common?

Naheed Phiroze Patel on the Life-Long Projects of Writing and Gardening

By Naheed Phiroze Patel | May 18, 2022

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